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The article presents the current classification of herpesviruses, clinical features of infections caused by β-herpesviruses, as well as methods of laboratory diagnosis and treatment of these infections.

Analysis of diagnosis and treatment strategies in 25 patients with necrotizing pancreatitis hospitalized to Emergency Care Clinical Hospital (Smolensk) over the period of 2008–2011 is presented in this paper. Rationale for the use of morphologic and …

Legionella spp. is an uncommon but important causative pathogen of respiratory tract infections occurring both sporadically and in epidemics. An interest in it has emerged recently after outbreak of legionellosis in Sverdlovsk region. In this …

Bacterial vaginosis is a common disease of female genital tract. It is characterised by substitution of lactobacteriae, which are predominant part of normal vaginal flora, with Gardnerella vaginalis and anaerobes, and has serious social and medical …

So-called atypical respiratory pathogens in general and Chlamydophila pneumoniae in particular, are now well recognized as a common cause of acute upper and lower respiratory-tract infections, especially communityacquired pneumonia. Furthermore C. …

Pregnancy is an important risk factor for the development of bacterial vaginosis. According to the data of epidemiological studies, the prevalence of this disorder in pregnant women varies from 10% to 40% in different countries. In USA estimated …

The prospective study of 19 children (aged of 1 to 17 years) with invasive fungal infections and different forms of immunosupression was conducted. Clinical and microbiological efficacy and safety of caspofungin, as well as analysis of direct costs …

Catheter-associated bloodstream infections take a third place among nosocomial infections, and are the most common cause of bacteremia. These infections account for 10% of all infections in hospitalized patients, 20% of nosocomial infections and up …

These guidelines are a result of consensus expert opinion based on peer review of the literature published over the last 10 years. References include a number of international guidelines for the management of adults in community-acquired pneumonia …

Diabetic foot infections (DFI) are the major cause of non-traumatic amputations of lower extremities. Important predisposing factors for the development of DFI are peripheral neuropathy and diabetic angiopathy. The most common pathogen isolated in …